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Advicor - monitoring more than 470 patients

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What does it do?

This product is used in the treatment of high cholesterol levels. It contains niacin which works to both lower LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and raise HDL (good cholesterol) cholesterol and also contains Lovastatin which helps to lower LDL cholesterol.

Last text update: 2010-12-15

Last data update: 2012-01-14

Usage:

Advicor is most commonly used to treat the conditions below, together with the percentage of all people taking the medication for the particular condition.

High Cholesterol	89%
High Triglycerides	9%

General Information:

7.8: Advicor Average Satisfaction Score

85% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Advicor.
15% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Advicor

MediGuard regularly polls our more than 470 users taking Advicor (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated for the benefit of the MediGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@mediguard.org.

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I took Advicor for over a year. At first I had the flushing, which is worse than a hot flash. My doctor told me most patients had good results if they took an 80mg aspirin about 20-30 minutes before taking the Advicor. Other patients had good results in not having the flushing by eating a banana or a few spoonfuls of yogurt before taking the Advicor. It worked for me and I had no other problems with taking Advicor. Then I was switched to Simcor and I had muscle pain befroe I had taken it for a month, but I kept taking it another month because I thought it would go away. It got worse. I should have called my doctor sooner, I am back with Advicor.

62 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2010-06-04 19:16:10

This drug has been effective in raising my HDL and lowering my LDL as advertised. I am a 67 year old female.

70 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2008-11-20 12:04:00

I have been on this medication for about 1 year, with no problems or side effects noted.

64 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2008-05-31 19:56:53

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